Combination marking-pot and stencil-brush inker.



C. F. PAYNE! COMBINATION MARKING POT AND STENCIL BRUSH INKER.

APFLKCATION FILED AUG.30, I916.

Patented May 29, 19W.

CHARLES F. PAYNE, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

COMBINATION IWIARKING-POT AND STENCIL-BRUSH INKER.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented ltifay 29, 11917.

Application filed August 30, 1916. Serial No. 117,614.

(DEDICATED TO THE PUBLIC.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. PAYNE, a citizen of the United States of America, and an exployee of the Depantment of Agriculture of the said United States, residing at lVheeling, in the county of Ohio, State of West Virginia, (whose postoflice address is \Vheeling, Nest Virginia,) have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combination Marking- Pot and Stencil Brush Inker, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This application is made under the act of March 3, 1883, chapter 14:3 (22 Stat., 675), and the invention herein described and claimed may be used by the Government of the United States, or any of its oiiicers or employees in the prosecution of work for the Government, or any person in the United States, without payment to me of any royalty thereon.

My invention relates to a combined marking pot and container for a wick or inker for a stencil brush.

The object of the invention is to provide a comparatively inexpensive utensil or device, simple in construction and susceptible of most convenient and advantageous employment as a reservoir for marking ink and providing means by which the ink may be easily and expeditiously conveyed to the marking brush. Further objects of my device are to assure an ample inking of the stencil or marking brush, without the brush taking on an excessive amountof ink; to prevent the wick or ink pad from becoming supersatuated with the marking fluid; to prevent the wick or ink pad from passing down into the marking pot; to effect an economical saving in the ink supply; and to provide a stencil brush inker which is selfsupplied or replenished.

The invention consists in parts made and combined as hereinafter fully described and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved combination marking pot and stencil brush inker; Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view thereof; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the utensil showing the parts thereof in separated relation, and Fig. 4 is a central, vertical sectional view showing the wick in position.

In the drawings, A represents a marking pot or receptacle made in the form of a truncated cone, having its smaller diameter at its top and having at its top and secured thereto, preferably by soldering, a horizontal ledge, B, passing inwardly. To the ledge, 13, is secured, preferably by soldering, a vertical lip or ring, C, suitably arranged to engage the cover, M. The can, A, is employed as a reservoir for holding the marking fluid.

E represents a concave disk or shelf, secured at its periphery, to the ledge, B, and formlng an integral part of the top of the marking pot or can, said disk, E, having at its center, an aperture, F, to the periphery of which is attached a core, G, extending downwardly to the bottom of the marking pot or can, said core, G, having six slots, S, extending vertically downward from the disk, E, to the bottom of the marking pot and being provided. at its bottom with a plurality of small notches, H. Said notches and slots constitute a suitable medium for the passage of the marking fluid from the reservoir to the wick hereinafter described.

I, represents'a flanged opening on the exterior edge of the can, A, having an up wardly extending edge, suitably threaded to engage the threaded cap, K, which said cap, K, when in position, efi'ectively closes said opening, The purpose of said opening, I,

is to provide an easy and ready means of re-.

plenishing the supply of marking ink to the can.

L, represents a handle which may be secured to the can in any desirable manner.

M, represents a concave disk with a lip or flange attached thereto at right angles to the horizontal plane of the disk and arranged to engage the vertical lip or ring, C. Said disk, M, also has secured to its center a knob, N, which is used as a handle for attaching and removing the disk, M, to the vertical lip or ring, C, the whole forming a lid for the marking pot for preventing the evaporation of the inking fluid.

0, represents a wick composed of cotton, twine, or any other suitable absorbent material. The wick is inserted into and closely fitted within the central core, G, and so arranged as to absorb the marking ink through the vertical slots, S, and the notches at the bottom edge of the said core, H. The ink passes by capillary attraction to the top of said wick.

In operating my device the ink or marking fluid is conveyed into the reservoir or can through the opening, I, and passes through the slots and notches, hereinbefore described as being in the vertical core, to the Wick closely fitting within the said core, the ink or marking fluid, passing upwardly through the Wick by capillary attraction until said Wick is thoroughly saturated. The central core, G, serves to prevent the Wick from slipping down into the reservoir. The brush or stenciling device is applied to the Wick and used thereafter in the manner usual to such appliances.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without further description and it will be under stood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim 1. A device of the character described comprising a receptacle for holding marking fluid and having disposed therein a vertical core provided With a plurality of slots extending longitudinally of said core and notches at the lower end thereof, and a Wick in said core.

2. A device of the character described comprising a receptacle for holding marking fluid and having disposed therein a vertical core provided With a plurality of slots extending longitudinally of said core and notches at the lower end thereof, said core having a concave shelf at its upper end forming part of the top of the receptacle, and a Wick in said core having its top ex tended to lie on said concave shelf.

Signed by me at Wheeling, WVest Virginia, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES F. PAYNE.

Witnesses:

ALFRED RADCLIFF, W. T. DUVALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washingtom'l). C. 

